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Vivek Ramaswamy says Amy Action ad isn’t about abuse but Ohio governor calls it ‘deeply troubling’
visibility comment0 event October 23, 2026 timer 14:44
Vivek Ramaswamy doubled down on his ad featuring Amy Acton’s mother years during a campaign event Friday. The Republican candidate for Ohio governor’s comments came against the backdrop of details about the relationship between the two. Donna Arthur fled the state in 1978 with her husband Cledith Arthur after he was arrested and indicted on charges of rape by a grand jury. Acton was 12-years-old at the time and has been estranged from her mother since then.
Still, Ramaswamy insisted the ad "had nothing to do with childhood abuse." But days earlier, sitting Ohio governor Mike DeWine called the ad "deeply troubling" and "urged the fellow Republican’s campaign to take the ad down.
"When you know the rest of the story," the Republican said. "It just makes it more serious. It makes it just more wrong. So, it’s wrong to run this ad."
How did politics get like this in Ohio? Read more: https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2026/10/22/why-ramaswamy-acton-ohio-governor-race-personal/92381381007/
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